In the statement issued after US President Joe Biden held talks with senior Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Washington also welcomed the increase in oil production already announced by OPEC+. Both Saudi Arabia and Russia are members of this organization.
The United States and Saudi Arabia made a series of deals tonight, from the withdrawal of peacekeeping forces from a strategically important Red Sea island between Egypt and Saudi Arabia to cooperation on mobile phone technology.
In the statement issued after US President Joe Biden held talks with senior Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Washington also welcomed the increase in oil production already announced by OPEC+. Both Saudi Arabia and Russia are members of this organization.
According to the statement, American and other peacekeepers will withdraw from the island of Tiran, where they are stationed under the 1978 peace accords between Israel and Egypt. Tiran is located in a strategic area, leading to Israel’s port of Eilat. .
The US also welcomed Riyadh’s decision to open Saudi airspace to Israeli carriers.
The two countries agreed to cooperate on cybersecurity and 5G and 6G technologies.
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